dogface

dogface

An infantry soldier in the US Army, especially during World War II. Send some dogfaces in there to ambush that enemy fort. Was Grandpa really a dogface in World War II? Wow, having to fight on foot sounds so dangerous! Look, I'm a Marine—I don't the work of dogfaces.

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dogface

n. an infantry soldier. (World War II. Also a term of address.) Get those dogfaces over here on the double.

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